Fishhook spreader and method of making the same



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FISHHOOK SPREADER AFD'METHQD 0! KING THE Filed Jan. 24. 1929 INVENTQR \BYW 76W ATTOR 5y '20' at opposite sides thereof to preventshifting formed from a suitable length of wireasin- I Patented Nov.18,1930 A. f V 1 782 010 i UNITED. S ATE PATENTI OFFICEI v submarines, or momma; 515K I i .rIs'HHook SPREADER Ann. Memes or M AKINGllI-IE SAME Applicatio kfiled January ,1929. :Serial No. 334,627. v

- This invention relates to fish hook spread Figure 1 is, aside elevation illustrating V ersand method of making the same, the pri a suitable length of wire from which the 1 mary object and'purpose of my present i1n-' spreader memberis producedf, v provements being to expedite the quantity Fig.2.isa similar view illustratingithe production ofdevices of this kind and greatly first step in the assemblage of: the parts; 55 simplify the assemblage of the several parts Fig. 3 is an elevation illustrating the next whereby manufacturing costs will be mate stepin the method'of assemblage;- rially reduced! 1 1 i Fig. 4 is a sectional View through the two It is one ofthe important objects of the parts of a die showing the assenibledparts.

invention to provide a newmethod of 'asof Fig. 3 arranged in proper position for the t0 sembling the parts offishhook spreaders of final assembling step; I the type having a wire provided with hook Fig. 5 is a similar View showing the diev attaching eyes at itsextremities and a line closed and the central bend: formed in'the attaching swivel member-loosely engaged-spreader wire whereby the parts are reon the central portion of the wire, the es tained in their assembled positions. and G;

sentially novel step: of the new method of Fig.6 is a side elevation of the completed producing such devices residing in'the proarticle) 7 1 f] vision of spaced bends'in the wireafter the In the manufacture of, myimproved fish swivel member has been engaged thereon and hook spreader,"the body member thereof: is;

movement of the swivel member longitudi-' dicated at 5 in Fig. :1 ofthe drawings, prefernallyof the-wire, retaining the same in. a ablythoughinot necessarilyyof brass. 1 '1 centered position and preserving the proper Theline. and-the sinker .areada-pted; to be balance between the oppositeends of the connectedrto metaleyes indicated at G and wire with respect to the swivel member to; 7 "respectively,which are swiveled in the 75 which the line is attached. 1 V I opposite endsiof an elongated member .8 hav- It is also a further object of my invention ing a transverse opening therethrongh of to provide as a. new article of manufacture sufiicientdiameter to loosely receive thewire fish hook spreader of very simple con v 5 so that the said member 8 may turn or re- 20 struction and which is provided with novel tate' freely on said wire... The'hr t step in no.

means for centering the line attaching swivel the assemblageofthepartsis to thus engage:

member on the spreader wire which will per the wire 5through the opening in the member mit at all, times of the free turning or ro- 8 and assemble said member upon the central tative movement'of said swivel member with portion of the wire. Metal sleeveso-r eyelets respect to the wire .and at the same time indicatedat 9-are then loosely engaged'upo-n s prevent any appreciable longitudinal shift. the wire onxeachaside ofv themember 8, the

ing movement of said member from its cen ends ofsaidsleeves-which are. opposed toithe tered position on the wire. oppositesides of the member 8 being prefer- With the above and other objects in View, ably fl g d. as i di t d ble the inve i consists i 'i pr e fis Afterthelparts 8 and 9 have tl1us;beenasa: hook. spreader and the method of. making sembled uponthe wire 5, the ends of thewire the same as will be hereinafter more fully. are coiled toprovid th tt hi j didescribed, illustrated in the accompanying cated at 11 for the-fish hook leads' The parts drawings and subsequentlyincorporated in are now ready for the final assembly step in the subjoined claims. I the dies. 7

In the drawing, wherein I have illustrated As shownin Fig. .4, the male: andfemale 7 one simple and practical embodiment of the die members 12 and 13 respectively; have invention,- and in which similar reference their opposed faces suitably shaped in accorecharacters designate corresponding parts ancewith the desired final longitudinalcurvathroughout the several views;' ture ofthespreaderwire and are properly 109 The wire is now adusted until the-eyes 11 at the ends thereof are equi-distantly spaced from the member 8 positioned upon the die member 12. I I preferably provided at its opposite side edges with suitable means indicatedat 15 coacting with the spender wire to prevent angular horizontal shifting movementthoreof as the die is closed. The movable die member 13 is of course, centrally provided with a complementary recess indicated at 16 to receive the rib or projection 1st of the male die member 12. The opposite side faces of this recess and of the rib lel'are preferably slightly flared or inclined. Thus when the die is. closed as shown in Fig. of the drawings,%bendsindicated at 17 will be formed in the wire 5 closely adjacent to the outer ends of the sleeves or eyelets 9, and: infspaced relation to these bends 17, the additional bends 18 will be simultaneously formed in said wireto thus-provide the opposed converging side pore tions 19 of the central offset or loop. which are positioned in a plane preferably-parallel with the plane of the terminal eyes 11- of the wirel' r Thus, it will be evident that the bends 17 constitute stops preventing any appreciable shifting movement of the eyelets or sleeves -9 longitudinally of the wire and maintainings'ubstantial contact between the flanges on the inner ends of these sleeves andthe' opposite sides of the member 8 while permitting: at all times of the free rotative--move1nent of this member on the central part of the offset loop. Thus, a properly centered relation of this member 8 between the oppositeends of the spreader Wire is maintained and a proper balance preserved between the same and the fish line attached to said member.

Heretofore, it has been the practice to provide on the spreader wire at each side-of the swivel member, a ringor bead and-a short length of coiled wire between eachibead and the side of the spreader member; This coiled: wire and the bead were then fixed in place on the spreader wire by means of solder. In addition to the expense of the Wire coils, such operationswere more or less difiicrrlt to carry out and timeconsuming. By my improved method, it will be seen that the oper ation of centering'the swivel member on the spreader wire maybe very quickly performed and the use of solder is entirely dispensed with. Therefore, I amenabledto m'anufac-V. trire such fish hook Spreaders very rapidly in The movable die member 13 is large quantities and at appreciably less cost than prior art devices of this kind.

7 As seen in Fig. 6 of the drawings, in the use of the device, the fish hooks indicated at 20 have their leads attached to the terminal eyes 11 of the spreader Wire in the usual manner, theline 21'being connected with one of theswivel eye members 6 while the sinker indicated at 22 is connected with the other of said swiveled eye members.

' Frb'mthe foregoing description considered in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction and several advantages of my improved fish hook spreader and the method of making thesame will be clearly and fully understood. It willbeseen that I have devised arvery simpleand efficient method of manufacture of such articles, which also -materially enhancesthe efficient operation anddurability of the device inpracti'cal use. Ihave herein shown a particular formof the central bend in the spreader Wire and of the spacing eyelets or sleeves 9, but it will be unk derstoodthat these features aswell as the. otherde'tail structural parts of the finished.

article are susceptible of more or less; variationlnform and arrangement, and I therefore, reserve the privilege of resorting to all such legitimate changes therein as maybe fairly incorporated within the spirit and scopje'o'fthe invention as claimed.-

7 1. A fish hook spreadercomprisingla length of wire havingfish hook attaching means onits opposite'ends and provided with anioiiset loop inxthe central portion thereof, a lineattaching member loosely en gaged upon the bight po'rtion'ofsaid loop for ree rotation thereon, and sleeves lofoselyen-- gagedonthe bight portion ofsaidloop at 01').- posite sidesof saidmember for free rotation with or independently of said member and to prevent axial shifting of saidmember from its centered positionwith respect to the loop.

2. The method of assembling a line attaching member upon, a fish hook spreader wire which consists in first loosely positioning the line attaching member together with a spacer sleeve at each side thereof upon the central portion of the wire, and then simultaneously bending the wire at spaced points at the outer ends of said sleeves tothereby permanently secure the sleeves and the line' attaching member against displacement longitudinally of the wire while permitting of their free independentoh c'onj'ointrotation relative to said Wire." p i fish hook spreader comprising a length of wire having fish hook attaching means at its opposite'ends, a line attaching member having spaced parts in which the central portion of said Wire is loosely engaged, an anti-frictionmember freely rotatable,uponsaidwire-at each side of the-line attaching member, and said wire being 1.

formed with a bend therein closely adjacent to each of the anti-friction members to prevent axial shifting movement of the attack ing member relative to the wire.

In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as my invention, Ihave signed my name hereto. r V

HAROLD W. MEYER. 

